Automobile-signal.



F. S. WOKDRIDGE &1. K. FRENCH.

AUTOMOBILE SIGNAL. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 19I4- A ,1 WZUQQ Patentedfiept. 5, 1916.

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AUTOMOBILE SIGNAL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1914.

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AUTOMOBILE-SIGNAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1218.

Application filed June 25, 1914. Serial No. 847,259.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, FERDiNAND' S. WoLDRIDGE and JULIUS K. FRENCH, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Signals, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to signals and, more especially, to signals intended to be placed upon automobiles, or like vehicles, for the purpose of indicatingchanges in the direction of motionof said vehicles.

The objects of the invention are :-to provide a signal which will be visible both in the day time and at night; to provide a signal which may be set at a sufficient length of time before the contemplated change to give others ample notice of said change; to provide a signal which may be operated with a minimum of effort on the part of the operator; to provide a signal which is simple and cheap in construction, and positive and efficient in operation.

With these and such other objects in view as may hereinafter more fully appear, our invention consists in the novel arrangement and construction of parts set forth in the more particularly following description,

and which are pointed out in the claims,

shown in the accompanying drawings,

where 1n:-' 4

Figure 1 IS a rear elevatlon of an automobile showing the signals in, place thereon,

theleft signal being set. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view of the wiring." Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the signal, a part of the casing being broken away to show the operative mechanism. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the signal, a part of the casing being broken away to show the operative mechanism. Fig. 5 is a'diagrammatic View showing the arrangement of the circuits.

Referring to said An automobile 1, is provided with the usual mud guards 2, upon which are mounted suitable brackets 3 carrying the signal box or lamp 4.

Signal box or lamp 4 may be of any suitable design and is preferably provided with front and side ports or windows (3 and 7, and is formed with a dome. like top 8. Said signal box, or lamp is also divided into two comartments by the vertical partition 9.

ounted upon said partition 9, at a suitable York, have invented certain.

drawings by numerals.

point, is a socket 10 adaptedto receive an electric light bulb 11. Suitably secured within said signal box, or lamp 4, to the rear of said partition 9, is an electromagnet 12.

Pivotally mounted on a shaft 13, which has its ends suitably secured to the partition 9 and the rear wall of the lamp 4, is a bell cranklever, one arm 14 of which forms an armature adapted to be attracted by the electromagnet 12. The other arm 15, of said bell crank lever, terminates in a segment gear 16. A shaft 17, is journaled in' suitable bearings 18, formed on the partition 9 and the rear wall of the lamp 4, and

has securely mounted thereon a pinion 19 adapted to mesh with the segment gear 16. Shaft 17 has one end extending beyond the Located at a point convenient to the operator of the car, is a switch board 22, provided with on and off push buttons 23 and 24, respectively, and also having mounted thereon the small pilot lights 25, for the purpose of showing circuit is working or not. A switch 26, of any convenient and well known form, is also provided for the purpose of changing the circuits from the day signals to the night signals. The switch board 22 is connected, througha circuit 27, to a suitable source of electrical supply, such as the storage battcry 28.

Circuits, consisting of the universal wires 29, the electromagnet wire 30, and light wire 31, lead from the switch board 22 to the signal boxes or lamps 4. c

It will be readily apparent, from the foregoing, that these signals may be situated on any convenient part of the car, or automobile, and may be situated at both front and back. Also that the operator may set his signals at a sufficient time, before making his contemplated change. in direction of travel, to give others ample notice of his intention.

lln practice our device is operated as follows :--The switch is thrown to the day or night signals, as the case may be, the left white button is pressed when the operator intends to turn to the left and is released by pressing the left black button, when the turn is made. The same operation with the right buttons controls the right signal;.if a stop is intended, both White buttons are pressed displaying both signals. Having described our invention, what We claim as.new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An automobile signal comprising a rectangular body portion provided With front and side ports, a dome-shaped top on said body portion, a lamp Within the body portion, a signaling arm normally lying behind the body 'portion, and mechanism Within'the dome-shapedtop for'actuating the signaling arm.

2. An automobile signal comprising a body portion provided with front and side FERDINAND sj WOLDRIDGE. JULIUS K. FRENCH.

Witnesses:

DONALD LYONS, JAMES A. MoCAFFER'rY. 

